Communists mark 30 years of power in Indian state

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Communists mark 30 years of power in Indian state
Friday, June 22, 2007

KOLKATA: Thousands of Indians took to the streets waving red flags and singing revolutionary songs on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist government.

Hundreds of supporters of the leftist government in the eastern state of West Bengal marched to a rally at an indoor stadium in the state capital Kolkata, shouting “long live revolution” and “ready for another world record”. “We are skipping office today and will all flock to hear our leaders announce future plans,” said Anilabho Chatterjee, a 40-year-old supporter, his face smeared with red vermilion.

The communists returned to power for a seventh term last year, pushing a reformist programme of industrial expansion that has sparked violent protests, as authorities try to acquire farm land for factories despite fierce opposition. Opposition parties prepared to observe “Black Thursday”, blaming the left for scores of deaths earlier this year after farmers protesting government land seizures clashed with police. Authorities deployed extra police to prevent trouble. …

Daily Times

That’s one proud achievement Hindustan has under it’s belt of ‘democracy’. I didn’t realise love for North Korea was so strong in Hindustan.

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^ well now you do realize. Great.

PS: amazing what half knowledge will prompt people to say. I will add to your jeer with this piece of news my co-commuter gave only a few days ago. Did you know that the communist parties are part of the coalition govt run by the Sonya Gandi's congress party? Go figure that!

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in indian democracy, there is a place for every idealogy provided the ideology is for nation building and not anti nation. begali people have the right to elect their govts as they wish.

however, i like to differ with them. communst govt in kolkata has not contributed to the state economy to the extent needed. kolkata was the metropolitan city and now other cities are taking over it. bangalore, pune, hyderabad, mysore, visakhapatnam, nagpur,trivandrum -these southern cities are coming up so well ..kolkata can be stripped of its metro status in near future.